LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Funds from the Lake County Wine Alliance will be used to improve collections at the Lake County Library.

The Friends of the Lake County Library was one of the fortunate groups to be granted funds from the Lake County Wine Alliance on Dec. 12.

As a result, President Debbie Zacharisen was able to present County Librarian Christopher Veach with a check for $8,000 at the Jan. 25 meeting of the Friends.

The funds are earmarked for large type books and children’s materials, including audiobooks. These items will be distributed to all four of the branches of the county library system.

The library itself is supported by local property taxes but these don’t always stretch far enough to provide everything needed to support the public.

The goal of the Friends of the Library is to provide financial donations that help support the programming at the library and help add books and other materials to the library collection.

The Friends also provide support for the exceptional clubs and programs put on by the library.

Examples include the ever popular children’s programs like story time and lego club and programming for the community like the Summer Reading Program and the current Winter Reading Challenge.

Also happening now is the very exciting Big Read with its amazing line-up of programs all designed around the book, “Postcolonial Love Poem” by Pulitzer Prize winner Natalie Diaz.

The support provided by the Friends is made possible with the book sales at each of the branches, membership dues, financial donations and the pursuit of grant funds.

Additional support is always needed. The group asks community members to please consider becoming a member by asking for an application at your local branch or visiting their website at https://www.friendsofthelakecountylibrary.org.

Active members are always needed as well. There are monthly business meetings on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. in the children’s room at the Lakeport branch and all are welcome.